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i have red that monitors love to eat snails. would apple snails be ok to feed to my sav? i see apple snails in the pet store all the time for fish tanks. thanks

>>i have red that monitors love to eat snails. would apple snails be ok to feed to my sav? i see apple snails in the pet store all the time for fish tanks. thanks

Well....My thoughts are that snails available for fish tanks are getting more restricted and therefore more expensive. So for a tiny tasty snack you are gonna pay more. Here 'mystery' snails WHOLESALE for 85 cents each. Retail is generally a 2.5 to 3 X markup. That is an awfully expensive snack even to me (who gets stuff wholesale) Personally I spice up my sav's food with Hissing cockroaches, free Guinea hen chicks my vet gives me(he is soft hearted and can't cull his own flock), or the bunnies from a mowed over nest.
I ain't even gonna get into parasitology and snail carriers. I just know my husband cringes when I mention that sort of thing. Though he does enjoy watching my Fahaka puffer-Imotep, pop and eat mystery snails.....even if they are expensive. I balance that with free crayfish from a bait picker freind. For the puffer fish, not the monitor.
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thanks for the response. i asked because i can get a bunch from a breeder for $.25. they are really big snails as well. i mean they are over 2.5" i do raise and feed hissing roaches, ive tried looking around here for chicks but they are always a little old by the time i find them. thanks again for your advise